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| Sampson W. Keeble |
A Republican barber, he was elected to represent Davidson County
in the 38th Tennessee General Assembly, 1873-1874. He was the
first African American elected to serve in the Tennessee legislature. Read
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John W. Boyd |
A Republican attorney, he was elected to represent
Tipton County in the 42nd Tennessee General Assembly, 1881-1882
and re-elected to the 43rd Tennessee General Assembly, 1883-1884. Read
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| Thomas F. Cassels |
A Republican attorney, he was elected to represent
Shelby County in the 42nd Tennessee General Assembly, 1881-1882. Read
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| Isaac F. Norris |
A grocer and businessman (coal & wood)
he
was elected as a Republican
to represent Shelby County
in
the 42nd Tennessee
General Assembly, 1881-1882. Read
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| Thomas A. Sykes |
A former member of the North Carolina Legislature;
a U.S. Revenue official; and a partner in two Nashville stores,
he was elected to represent Davidson County in the 42nd Tennessee
General Assembly, 1881-1882. Read
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| Leon Howard |
A hotel porter and janitor, he was elected to
represent Shelby County for one term as a Republican in the
43rd Tennessee General Assembly, 1883-1884. Read
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| Samuel A. McElwee |
Scholar, teacher, storekeeper,
and newspaperman,
he was elected
to represent Haywood County
in
the 43rd Tennessee
General Assembly, 1883-1884, while
still a student at Fisk University. Read
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| David Foote Rivers |
A Peabody Scholarship student at Roger Williams
University at the time of his election, he represented Fayette
County as a Republican in the 43rd Tennessee General Assembly,
1883-1884. Read More |
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| Greene E. Evans |
A well-educated businessman and former teacher,
he was elected as a Republican to the 44th Tennessee General
Assembly, 1885-1886. Read More |
| William A. Fields |
A farmer and a school teacher, he was elected
as a Republican to represent Shelby County in the 44th Tennessee
General Assembly, 1885-1887. Read
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| William C. Hodge |
A man who held many jobs, from railroad agent
to jailer, he was elected to represent Hamilton County in the
44th Tennessee General Assembly, 1885-1886. Read
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| Monroe W. Gooden |
The only African American Democrat in the Tennessee
legislature in the 19th Century, he was elected to represent
Fayette County in the 45th Tennessee General Assembly, 1887-1888. Read
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| Styles Linton Hutchins |
A Chattanooga attorney, he was elected to represent
Hamilton County in the 45th Tennessee General Assembly, 1887-1888. Read
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| Jesse M. H. Graham |
A Republican newspaper editor, elected to represent
Montgomery County in the 50th Tennessee General Assembly, 1897-1898. Read
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